This project consisted of designing a vinyl album for jazz musician Kevin Dean’s “Going Down Slow” album. The main image is a starry night sky. Staring up at a beautiful night sky filled with bright stars evokes relaxation, calm, and peaceful reflection. Even when alone and listening to jazz music, a person can feel connected in time and space to others who also may be staring up at the same night sky and wondering about one’s place in the universe, the meaning of life, future pursuits, and past experiences.
To create the night sky image, a variety of light and dark-coloured wax crayons were melted with an iron on wax paper to get a paper-thin consistency. Streaks and tiny holes naturally appeared in the design. A photograph of the crayon art piece being held up to a bright light added the necessary illumination to create small stars against a night sky. The image was then digitally manipulated to soften the lines and make it appear more realistic.